Roberto Carballes Baena and Henri Laaksonen will fight against each other in the qualifications of the European Open for the 5th time in their career. They are scheduled to compete on Monday at 3:00 pm on Court 1. In this post, we analyze their head to head performance and prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Henri Laaksonen who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Henri Laaksonen is the pick to win this match.
Henri Laaksonen -> 1.33
Roberto Carballes Baena -> 3.25
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Prediction and head to head Roberto Carballes Baena vs. Henri Laaksonen
This will be the 5th time that Roberto Carballes Baena and Henri Laaksonen face off. The head to head is 2-2 for Carballes Baena and Laaksonen (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on indoor hard courts.
The last time that they competed against each other, Carballes Baena won 7-5 7-5 in the qualifications in Estoril back in April 2021.
Roberto Carballes Baena
Ranked no. 81, Carballes Baena reached the qualifications after beating Liam Broady 6-4 3-6 6-4.
In the qualifications, Roberto defeated Broady (6-4 3-6 6-4). During the match, Carballes Baena scored 92 points vs Broady’s 86. Carballes Baena was extremely aggressive to blast 39 winners.
Regarding the service games, Carballes Baena blasted 9 aces and he committed only 2 double faults. Roberto Carballes Baena lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Carballes Baena put 62% of his first serves in, winning 75% (39/52) of the points behind his 1st serve and 50% (16/32) on the 2nd serve. Roberto broke Broady 4 times after converting 36% of his break points (4/11).
Carballes Baena has a solid record in the last 10 years having won 60% of his matches (429-288). 1-0 on indoor hard courts in 2021. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this competition, Carballes Baena has an overall 8-7 record in the last years on indoor hard courts.
His best result of the season was winning the title in the Belgrade Challenger where he beat Damir Dzumhur in the final 6-4 7-5.
The Spaniard has an overall 39-27 win-loss record in 2021, 1-0 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
Previously in Antwerp
Roberto has never competed in this tournament before.
Henri Laaksonen
Ranked no. 98, the Swiss reached the qualifications after beating Yannick Hanfmann 0-6 7-63 6-3.
In the qualifications against Hanfmann, Laaksonen recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (0-6 7-63 6-3).-74) than Hanfmann. In fact, the world no. 81 won 74 points vs Hanfmann’s. That means that Laaksonen was more focused during the important points. The Swiss was exceptionally aggressive to blast 37 winners.
About the serving games, Laaksonen made 5 aces and he committed only 1 double fault for the entire match. Overall, Henri Laaksonen was quite effective on serve to win 76% (37/49) of his 1st serve and 53% (18/34) on the second serve. However, this didn’t prevent his to concede the serve 3 times. Laaksonen broke Hanfmann once after converting 25% of his break points (1/4).
His best result of the current season was winning the title in the Orleans Challenger where he defeated Dennis Novak in the final 6-1 2-6 6-2.
Laaksonen has a composed 37-20 win-loss record in 2021, 10-4 on indoor hard courts (See FULL STATS).
H2H Performance in the tournament (main draw)
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Carballes Baena | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 1 | 1 |
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 |
| Tot Games | 29 | 28 |
| Pts | 92-86 | 74-82 |
| Total Points | 178 | 156 |
| Winners | 39 | 37 |
| %Winners | 42% | 50% |
Both Carballes Baena and Laaksonen played 1 match. Also both players started their run from the qualifications.Both players lost a set in the event. Roberto Carballes Baena conceded 1 set, while Henri Laaksonen dropped 1 set. Talking about their workload, Carballes Baena and Laaksonen have played the same amount of sets 3. However, Carballes Baena played 1 game more than Laaksonen. Carballes Baena scored 39 winners (42% of the total points). On the other side, The Swiss scored 37 winners (50%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Carballes Baena | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 9 | 5 |
| Avg per match | 9 | 5 |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 49/83 |
| %1st in | 62% | 59% |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 37/49 |
| %1st pts | 75% | 76% |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 18/34 |
| %2nd pts | 50% | 53% |
Carballes Baena managed to score 9 aces . Laaksonen made 5 aces . Carballes Baena won 75% points behind his first serve. He pretty effective on his second serve to win 50% of the points. On the other side, Laaksonen won 76% of the points behind his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 53% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Carballes Baena | Laaksonen |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 4 | 1 |
| Converted | 4/11 | 1/4 |
| % Converted | 36% | 25% |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 |
| Saved | 4 | 4 |
| % Saved | 57% | 57% |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 |
Carballes Baena broke his opponent 4 times with a 36% conversion rate. The Spaniard lost his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded. The Swiss broke his opponent once with a 25% conversion rate. The Swiss conceded his serve 3 times and he saved 57% of the break points that he conceded.
| Carballes Baena | |||
| Q1 Broady |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 3-6 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 29 | 29 | |
| pts | 92-86 | 92-86 | |
| Total points | 178 | 178 | |
| Winners | 39 | 39 | |
| %Winners | 42% | 42% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 9 | 9 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 2 | |
| 1st in | 52/84 | 52/84 | |
| % 1st in | 62% | 62% | |
| 1st pts | 39/52 | 39/52 | |
| % 1st pts | 75% | 75% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/32 | 16/32 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 50% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 4 | 4 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 4/11 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 36% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
| Laaksonen | |||
| Q1 Hanfmann |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 0-6 7-63 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 3 | 3 | |
| Tot Games | 28 | 28 | |
| pts | 74-82 | 74-82 | |
| Total points | 156 | 156 | |
| Winners | 37 | 37 | |
| %Winners | 50% | 50% | |
| SERVE | |||
| Aces | 5 | 5 | |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 | |
| 1st in | 49/83 | 49/83 | |
| % 1st in | 59% | 59% | |
| 1st pts | 37/49 | 37/49 | |
| % 1st pts | 76% | 76% | |
| 2nd pts | 18/34 | 18/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 53% | 53% | |
| Breaks | |||
| Won | 1 | 1 | |
| Converted | 1/4 | 1/4 | |
| Converted % | 25% | 25% | |
| Conceded | 7 | 7 | |
| Saved | 4/7 | 4 | |
| Saved % | 57% | 57% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | |
Head 2 Head
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